AP has an external antenna and the integrated CPE is more like 17dBi. It's about twice the width and a little taller than regular Canopy. No external option on the 5.4GHz model.
> Are the 400 series still only Verticle Pol and internal antenna CPEs w/ > 8dbi > antennas? (note- understanding that they also have external antenna > models) > > Sounds like it will be a good option for 5.8G OFDM, when they are > available. > > Tom DeReggi > RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 5:09 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] MT interface randomly dumping clients. > > >> It's pricey but not quite Alvarion bad. Under $3k per AP and $500 CPE. >> One major difference is that it is OFDM. In terms of speed, if the >> Advantage is 2X the original Canopy, the 400 series is 3X the original >> Canopy. Plus, it has GPS sync. >> >>> What is the Canopy 400 series? >>> >>> How does that compare to the Advantage series? >>> >>> Tom DeReggi >>> RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc >>> IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 10:20 AM >>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] MT interface randomly dumping clients. >>> >>> >>>> Travis, >>>> This was my main reason for being such a critical opponent to your >>>> request for Mikrotik support. We fought with Mikrotik over a year to >>>> get them to fix the issues and it never happened. We finally stopped >>>> about a year ago and went back to Canopy and Alvarion. (More Canopy >>>> lately with the 400 series) >>>> I can't tell you the number of supouts we sent or the number of >>>> tests >>>> we ran. We'd be up in the middle of the night, reconfiguring every >>>> CPE with different settings and then changing the APs based on their >>>> recommendations. Basically, we were doing their field testing for >>>> them and to no avail. Nothing they recommended fixed things. They >>>> finally said that we didn't have enough horsepower at the AP. So, we >>>> bought super powerful PCs for APs. Again, no help. Now they have >>>> their own super powerful hardware and it still hasn't fixed the >>>> issue. >>>> So, for the savings of money on equipment, we invested a lot in R >>>> & >>>> D >>>> for both time and dollars. (I have tons of dead equipment sitting >>>> here that didn't work.) >>>> So, when adding up all the hours debugging for Mikrotik (with no >>>> results) and the extra equipment we had to buy to make things work, >>>> we bailed. Canopy and Alvarion are cheaper in the long run and we >>>> sleep more. >>>> We use Mikrotik for a lot of our routers and most of the fights we >>>> have fought there have been won. (BGP and OSPF) However, wireless >>>> never got better. (For PtMP) >>>> As far as support, Alvarion has been fantastic and thrown many >>>> resources our way. Although, we haven't needed them lately. Canopy >>>> has a large base with lots of third party options and community >>>> support. When problems with Canopy have come up, we do see them >>>> working on resolving them and software upgrades reflect that. >>>> I think Mikrotik's place for us has been reduced to mostly local >>>> repeaters. >>>> >>>> >>>>> I have many (over 40) MT AP's with SR5 cards on the AP side and >>>>> Compex >>>>> WLM54SAG cards on the client side, with RB411's as well. All my >>>>> clients >>>>> are the same, and running MT, and they all do the same thing. :(<br> >>>>> <br> >>>>> Once again, MT is aware of the problem, but rather than fix it, they >>>>> decide to work on 802.11n support. Who do they think is going to buy >>>>> more product with 802.11n support when their current product doesn't >>>>> even work?<br> >>>>> <br> >>>>> Travis<br> >>>>> Microserv<br> >>>>> <br> >>>>> Kurt Fankhauser wrote: >>>>> <blockquote cite="mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >>>>> type="cite"> >>>>> <pre wrap="">Butch, >>>>> >>>>> Nope, I am using the senao NMP-8602+ card on all these AP's. From >>>>> what >>>>> I >>>>> can >>>>> tell this problem shows its face when you have a mixed CPE's >>>>> consisting >>>>> of >>>>> PRISM/Atheros chipsets. >>>>> >>>>> Can I solve this problem by removeing all the PRISM clients???? At >>>>> this >>>>> point I am willing to invest in replacing our old CB3/CPE-200 stuff >>>>> anyways >>>>> as it only makes up 10% of my network. >>>>> >>>>> Kurt Fankhauser >>>>> WAVELINC >>>>> P.O. Box 126 >>>>> Bucyrus, OH 44820 >>>>> 419-562-6405 >>>>> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" >>>>> href="http://www.wavelinc.com";>www.wavelinc.com</a> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" >>>>> href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a> >>>>> [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" >>>>> href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a>] >>>>> On >>>>> Behalf Of Butch Evans >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 3:16 PM >>>>> To: WISPA General List >>>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] MT interface randomly dumping clients. >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, 25 Aug 2008, Kurt Fankhauser wrote: >>>>> >>>>> </pre> >>>>> <blockquote type="cite"> >>>>> <pre wrap="">Has anyone else seen this problem I am seeing. On my >>>>> Mikrotik sites >>>>> with Atheros AP's the interface will decide to completely dump all >>>>> of the atheros clients and then they reconnect again within 2 >>>>> seconds. You can tell this happens because the uptimes are so >>>>> short. But the prism clients they never get dumped and their >>>>> uptimes are accurate since they were last power cycled. Take a look >>>>> at this screen shot you can see the problem clearly. This is >>>>> happening on ALL of my towers that have Mikrotik AP's. >>>>> </pre> >>>>> </blockquote> >>>>> <pre wrap=""><!----> >>>>> Let me guess...you are using the XR2 or XR5? This is a known issue >>>>> that is especially bad with Tranzeo client radios and XR2 at the AP. >>>>> As someone else mentioned, there is a lot of finger pointing going >>>>> on relating to this issue. 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